# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Excel Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042054` · 4/16/2015 · HESSTON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Staples
- **Secondary source:** Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic
## Employer
- **Name:** Excel Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 S. Ridge Rd., HESSTON, KANSAS, 67062
- **NAICS:** 333112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee standing adjacent to the process to affix a tag to a wood crate was struck with the stapler nail from another co-worker as they assembled the wood crate using a pneumatic stapler. The nail struck the left side of his chest under his arm.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*